Heáh-deór

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - heáh-deór

According to the Old English Dictionary:

heá-, es;

heáh-deór
n. A stag, deer :-- Swá swíðe he lufode ða heádeór swilce hé wǽre heora fæder he loved the stags as if he were their father, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 29: Hexam. 9; Norm. 16, 3. [Cf. Ger. die hohe Jagd the hunting of deer.] heah-deor
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